It's 1863 and the Civil War has drained the U.S. frontier Army posts of every able-bodied fighting man. Fort Laramie is no exception. The once-proud fort is now overrun with rabble. Two Rebs, a drunken mountain man, an Austrian deserter, a Cajun horse thief and four more like them made up the unlikely crew that was sent to fight off 300 blood-thirsty Indians. Now the locals -- and the Indians -- are about to find out just how resourceful nine misfits can be.